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| dale 914 |
 Jun 28 2008, 10:28 AM
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Newbie  Group: Members Posts: 49 Joined: 22-June 08 From: San Diego Member No.: 9,200 Region Association: Southern California  |
All,
I am sure you have seen this before. I just bought my first 914 a couple of weeks ago, so I am still in the dark! Anyway, the steering wheel had lots of movement in it. After researching it, I bought one of the metal bushings and installed it, pretty easy. Well, that eliminated about 70% of the movement, how do I eliminate the last 30%? It seems that that the bushing was not "thick" enough. I believe all of the movement still resides at the steering wheel itself rather than further down the column. Thoughts? Thanks Dale (IMG:style_emoticons/default/headbang.gif) |
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| ericread |
Jun 28 2008, 12:43 PM
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The Viper Blue 914 Group: Members Posts: 2,177 Joined: 7-December 07 From: Irvine, CA (The OC) Member No.: 8,432 Region Association: Southern California |
I had the same problem. You probably need to remove the steering column and replace the entire upper bearing. I found that the sleeve didn't provide enough play reduction for me, and upon dissassembly, founnd the old bearing to be shot.
When I replaced the bearing, I still noticed some play between the outside of the bearing and the steering wheel race. I tightened that up by using a few mils of aluminum foil as a shim between the race and the outside of the bearing. That snigged it up nicely. Good luck, and enjoy your teener. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/driving.gif) Eric Read |
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| dale 914 |
Jun 28 2008, 01:11 PM
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Newbie Group: Members Posts: 49 Joined: 22-June 08 From: San Diego Member No.: 9,200 Region Association: Southern California |
QUOTE(ericread @ Jun 28 2008, 11:43 AM)  I had the same problem. You probably need to remove the steering column and replace the entire upper bearing. I found that the sleeve didn't provide enough play reduction for me, and upon dissassembly, founnd the old bearing to be shot. When I replaced the bearing, I still noticed some play between the outside of the bearing and the steering wheel race. I tightened that up by using a few mils of aluminum foil as a shim between the race and the outside of the bearing. That snigged it up nicely. Good luck, and enjoy your teener. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/driving.gif) Eric Read Eric, thanks, will give it a go. Dale |
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